måndag 10 september 2012

Wonderful days following Elbe.

After leaving the wonderful Michaelis family I set my sight
on Elbe. Towards Elbe I followed The Elbe canal which. It was great to cycle
right next to the canal all the way to Lauenburg. The first night following
Elbe I found my own little beach to sleep in end for the next three nights I
would find similar places. So except for the weather day two on my Elbe tour and
had a wonderful time with great bike roads.

The problem I had was a little incident with an old man in a
car that ran into me. It’s not as dramatic as it sounds. I was cycling along
the bicycle path and the car was going to cross it and turn right. But the man
only thought he had to look one way before driving out so he hit my back
pannier. A kept my balance but was nudged out into the road, but luckily there
was no car coming the other direction. I guess I have to be more careful and
expect that drivers don’t always see me. Because even if it’s their fault, I’m
the one that is going to get hurt.

After leaving Elbe yesterday I thought I could get close enough
to Berlin to take it easy the next day and see Berlin. But I misjudged the
distance a bit and I had headwind almost the entire day. I’m having some
problems with my GPS right now because of some reason the detailed maps in an
area around and in Berlin are missing. But I guess it’s a good thing to learn
not to trust technology to much.So
after doing about 90 km yesterday I decided to stay at a little lake outside
Götz. And that was a great decision because I could take it a little slower
today and get some coffee and internet time here in Potsdam.

So today I will try to find a good place close to Berlin and
attempt to cycle in to the city early tomorrow.

I rode to Lauenburg once along the Elbe. It's really a very nice small town. And it is very pleasant to ride along the Elbe.You are having a very fantastic adventure. It really take a lot brave to have a bike trip for one year.Wish you have a nice ride!:)